Former senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr.’s electoral protest against Vice President Maria Leonor “Leni” Robredo will remain valid even if he accepts a Cabinet post in the Duterte administration, legal experts said Friday.
Former Commission on Elections commissioner Gregorio Larrazabal and lawyer Raul Lambino said this amid President Rodrigo Duterte’s reported plan to appoint Marcos to his Cabinet once the one-year appointment ban on losing candidates in the May 2016 lapses on May 9.
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